Wahdat al-wujud

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Wahdat al-wujud is a Sufi metaphysical doctrine that posits the ultimate unity of all existence in the single, absolute reality of God.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic philosophical concept ⓘ
Sufi metaphysical doctrine ⓘ
doctrine of divine unity ⓘ
associatedWith Abd al-Karim al-Jili ⓘ
Dawud al-Qaysari ⓘ
Ibn Arabi ⓘ
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi ⓘ
School of Ibn Arabi ⓘ
contrastedWith Wahdat al-shuhud ⓘ
coreIdea God is the only true being and all else is dependent being ⓘ
all contingent beings are manifestations of the one Real (al-Haqq) ⓘ
multiplicity of the world is an appearance of the one reality ⓘ
only God possesses true, independent existence ⓘ
ultimate unity of all existence in the single absolute reality of God ⓘ
criticizedBy Ahmad Sirhindi ⓘ
Ibn Taymiyya ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Taymiyyah

some Sunni theologians ⓘ
developedInCentury 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
doctrineAbout divine immanence and transcendence ⓘ
nature of existence ⓘ
relationship between God and creation ⓘ
emphasizes God as al-Haqq (the Real) ⓘ
contingency of created things ⓘ
spiritual realization of unity with the divine ⓘ
field Islamic theology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
mystical philosophy ⓘ
hasDebateOn compatibility with orthodox Islamic creed ⓘ
whether it implies pantheism ⓘ
influenced Indian subcontinent Sufi thought ⓘ
Ottoman Sufism ⓘ
linked to: Sufi orders

Persian Sufi poetry ⓘ
later Islamic metaphysics ⓘ
influencedBy Hadith literature on divine nearness ⓘ
Neoplatonic ideas ⓘ
Quranic concepts of divine unity ⓘ
languageOfFormulation Arabic ⓘ
literalMeaning oneness of existence ⓘ
unity of being ⓘ
ontologicalClaim God is the necessary being and all else is possible being ⓘ
existence is one in reality but many in manifestation ⓘ
relatedConcept baqa ⓘ
divine names and attributes ⓘ
fana ⓘ
tawhid ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
sometimesInterpretedAs form of monism ⓘ
form of panentheism ⓘ

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Ibn Arabi → notableIdea → Wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
Akbariyya → coreDoctrine → wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud
Mulla Sadra → notableIdea → primacy of existence (asalat al-wujud) ⓘ
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud
Sachal Sarmast → philosophicalSchool → Wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
subject linked to: Sachal
Majma-ul-Bahrain → associatedConcept → wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud
Ahmad Sirhindi → doctrineCritiqued → wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud
Abd al-Razzaq al-Kashani → philosophicalSchool → wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud
Transcendent Theosophy → keyConcept → tashkīk al-wujūd (gradation of existence) ⓘ
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud
al-Haq → relatedConcept → wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Haq (the Real)
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud
al-Fukuk → mainSubject → wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud
The Greatest Master → linkedConcept → wahdat al-wujūd ⓘ
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud
al-Masāʾil al-Ṣiqilliyya → philosophicalSchool → waḥdat al-wujūd discourse ⓘ
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud
Risāla fī l-wuḥda → doctrineDiscussed → waḥdat al-wujūd ⓘ
linked to: Wahdat al-wujud